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Examine the pros and cons of using a performance-based budget, zero-based
budget and line item budget. Which would you use during a budget cycle as a
police chief, and why?

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Marcos wrote performance-based budget
is a form of budget PBB requires all anticipated costs associated with the new
activity be captured and reported separately. This would include personnel
costs, fringe benefits, vehicles, vehicle operation costs, uniforms, office supplies,
utilities, etc. (Stuart, Unknown). In the ICJE reading assignment the
author uses the example of a department adding four motor units to enforce
traffic laws. This program uses citizen feedback as one of the
determining factors to measure its effectiveness. I believe that this
could be a pro because it allows the department to be transparent with the
public. In order to enforce traffic laws a motor officer needs to write
citations. This it can be misunderstood as a quota by the public and become
controversial.

Zero-based budget a police agency must be able to justify its existence by
justifying why it should be funded. The agency must plan each program from zero
at the beginning of each fiscal year. In ZBB, each program or activity
requested in a budget is organized into a decision package (DP) and includes
three alternative funding levels: eliminated or reduced, current, and enhanced
(Swanson, 2012). The pro to this budget is that every department has a
fresh start allowing officials an opportunity to start new programs or to
expand an existing one. The con to this is that costs such as overtime,
fuel, legal fees, and payouts for resigned or retired personnel are hard to
anticipate and must be anticipated as close as possible to derive a realistic
projection (Stuart, unknown).

Line Item Budge is the most popular form of
budgeting. Line budgets are easy to prepare, present, and understand.
Every item or class of items for which expenditures made is controlled and
control systems prevents overspending budget (Swanson, 2012). The
disadvantage of his type of budgeting is that there is no program structure
(e.g., “DUI Enforcement” or “Abatement of Drugs in Nightclubs”). Although some
police line item budgets have headings called programs, they are often just a
line item budget broken down into major units, such as the patrol division
(Swanson, 2012).

As a Police Chief, I would use the Line Item Budget It is simple and easier to
manage. The performance based budget seems to cost more especially if the
program proves to be a failure.